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THE Greens, vehemently opposed to native forest logging in Australia, have seen their support collapse by a third since 2010 with more than 500,000 voters deserting the party in the September 7 election.The party claims there is an overwhelming public support for the creation of new national parks.“There is no future in native forest logging; plantation timber is the preference of the global market,” the party says.The Australian Forest Products Association has slammed the Greens policy to oppose native forestry and wood chipping as naïve, unfounded in science and impractical.The blame for the dismal
performance of the Green at the poll has been sheeted home to the leader Senator Christine Milne and there are reports that deputy leader Adam Brandt is poised to challenge for the leadership, although he
released a statement saying he did not seek the position after retaining his seat of Melbourne.But there is speculation former state Greens leader Peg Putt or the incumbent Nick McKim,
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Greens fadingParliamentary secretary for agriculture, including forestry, in the new Abbott government senator richard Colbeck has agreed to attend a round of industry meetings, seminars, dinners and award presentations in sydney this week.these include the FwPA board meeting and industry leaders dinner on thursday, and the FwPA AGM and r&d seminar, the Building stron-ger Value Chains seminar, and the tABMA dinner and awards presentations on Friday. All events are at the novotel rockford Hotel on darling Harbour.reports next issue of timber&Forestry news.
Voters desert party that continues topush for the closure of native forests
Happier times .. Christine Milne and Bob Brown.
Forest leaderjoins round ofindustry talks
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expected to be tipped from office at next year’s state poll, could be drafted in to replace Senator Milne in Canberra.Clouding the issue is the departure of Senator Milne’s chief of staff Ben Quist, who held the same job under former party leader Bob Brown.Brown has refused to comment on his successor’s tenuous position.NSW Greens senator Lee Rhiannon has urged the party to take “collective responsibility” for the result that saw the Green senate vote drop by just under 1.7 million group votes in 2010 to just over 1.1 million in 2013, with most votes counted.In the Greens heartland of Tasmania, the party’s raw senate vote collapsed by 40%.The state’s voters swung strongly on September 7, delivering three of Labor’s four seats to the Liberals.“Everyone knows that this was mainly because of the unpopularity of Lara Giddings’s Labor-Greens coalition government, which has struggled with a declining economy, growing debt and the intractable politics of the forestry industry,” said political analyst and former VAFI CEO Philip Dalidakis.He said with the state election due in March, the Liberals under Will Hodgman expected to have a big win.“As the election looms, rumours
abound that Labor will dump Giddings and install Economic Development Minister David O’Byrne as Premier, despite the fact that this tactic has not worked elsewhere. [He would be the fifth premier since Labor came to office in 1998].“Labor will campaign on the possibility that Tony Abbott will cut federal subsidies to Tasmania, but this is unlikely to prevent a Liberal victory.”Meanwhile, the Huon
Resource Development Group has welcomed the federal government moves to prevent market boycotts by green groups.“Environmental vandals and their cronies must be held accountable for destroying markets and local jobs,” the group said.Amazingly this exemption from the law is claimed as ‘free
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THE hoop pine operations in Queensland’s Mary Valley – a bright sparkle in the Hyne diamond for more than 65 years – have been sold to Superior Wood Pty Ltd, a company associated with the Finlayson group in Brisbane.Finlayson’s, a fourth generation family business operating sawmills in Queensland since 1875, is a major player in the araucaria (hoop pine) sawmilling business.This sale, at an undisclosed price, will allow Superior Wood to continue to develop its technology and expertise base to capitalise on the combined Hyne Mary Valley and Superior Wood operations.The sale will allow Hyne to focus squarely on its core business of manufacturing and distributing structural and industrial timber products.Timber industry visionary J.R.L. (Lambert) Hyne recognising the potential of the softwood plantation industry, commenced sawing hoop pine thinnings in the Mary Valley as early as 1947.
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two families agree to changeface of Mary Valley operationsHyne sells hoop pine business to Finlayson
Lambert Hyne (top left) who blazed a trail through the Mary Valley hoop pine industry; Chris Hyne, grandson of Lambert Hyne; Skene Finlayson, managing director of Finlayson’s which has acquired the Hyne Mary Valley operations.
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AUSTRALIA’S housing sector remains on track to recovery despite a worse than expected fall in the number of new home approvals in August.“The overall trend remains positive,” ANZ economist Dylan Eades said.Over the year to August, building approvals were up 7.7%, seasonally adjusted, Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show.Queensland was the best performer, with approvals down just 0.2% in August and up 12.2% for the year – a performance that will be embellished by Queensland executive director of the Housing Industry Association Warwick Temby at a Timber United Group (T.U.G.) meeting and dinner in Brisbane on October 25.According to HIA, new home sales regathered lost ground in August due to an encouraging lift for detached houses.Detached house sales experienced a synchronised increase across the five surveyed states in August, a positive update for the new home construction outlook.The HIA new home sales report, a survey of Australia’s largest volume builders, showed that total seasonally adjusted new home sales increased by 3.4% in August 2013 following a decline of 4.7% in July. The rise was driven by a 5.8% increase in detached house sales.“There is clear upward momentum in both new home sales and building approvals for detached houses in 2013, which is being countered to an extent by a significant downward trend for multi-
units,” HIA said.However, current indications are that actual new dwelling construction will fall well short of the levels the Australian economy needs the sector to achieve in 2013-14.Warwick Temby, who holds a Bachelor of Economics from ANU, is a former director of economics and housing for Master Builders Australia. His work has focused on the housing industry, social policy issues and program development. This year he was appointed to the boards of the Building and Construction Industry Training Fund and Timber Queensland.The T.U.G. meeting will be at the Hamilton Hotel, 442 Kingsford Smith Drive (cnr Racecourse Road), Hamilton, on Friday evening, October 25, starting at 5 pm.Early bookings are recommended. Contact either Jim Bowden on 0401 312 087 or Don Towerton on 0428 745 455.T.U.G. is administered by Brisbane Hoo-Hoo Club 218.
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Australia’s forest, wood, pulp and paper products industry now has a stronger voice in dealings with government, the community and in key negotiations on the industry’s future, as two peak associations have merged to form a single national association.
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has been formed through the merger of the Australian Plantations Products and Paper Industry Council (A3P) and the National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI).
AFPA was established to cover all aspects of Australia’s forest industry:
- Forest growing; - Harvest and haulage; - Sawmilling and other
wood processing; - Pulp and paper processing; and
- Forest product exporting.
For more information on the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) or to enquire about membership , please call (02) 6285 3833.
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11: Forest and wood Products Australian AGM. In conjunction with meeting of the Australian Timber Importers Federation and an industry value chain seminar. An industry dinner is planned for Thursday evening, October 10. Information about the AGM and seminar will be circulated at a later date.Time: 8:30-10:30 am. Venue: Novotel Rockford Darling Harbour Hotel, Sydney. Inquiries to Ric Sinclair, FWPA (03) 9927 3200 or [email protected]
11: Building stronger value chains – Australian timber industry seminar. Time: 10.30 am-5 pm. Venue: Novotel Rockford Darling Harbour Hotel, Sydney. Joint hosts: Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA); the Australian Timber Importers Federation (ATIF) and Timber Merchants and Building Material Association (TABMA). This will be the industry’s ‘must-attend’ event for 2013. Inquiries to John Halkett, ATIF (02) 9356 3826; Colin Fitzpatrick, TABMA (02) 9277 3100 Ric Sinclair, FWPA (03) 9927 3200 or Eileen Newbury, Leading Edge Events International (03) 9597 0948. Seminar sponsorship inquiries to John Halkett.
11: Australian timber industry annual gala dinner and awards presentation. Time 7:30 pm onwards. Timber and Building Material Association (TABMA) Doltone House, Pyrmont, Sydney. Pre-dinner drinks 6:30 pm. Inquiries to Colin Fitzpatrick, TABMA (02) 9277 3100 or [email protected]
12: Precision silviculture in action – Beerburrum fi eld day.
Presented by HQ Plantations and Institute of Foresters of Australia members. Time: 9 am-1.30pm. Venue: HQPlantations’ Beerburrum forest offi ce, Red Road, Beerburrum. Lunch sausage sizzle with salads, drinks. Dress: Sturdy walking shoes/boots and sun hats. Helmets and high visibility clothing will be available. HQPlantations has a 99-year lease to manage, harvest and re-grow plantation timber on state-owned lands under AFS and FSC certifi cation. The day will explore the application of precision silviculture in southern pine plantations and cover maximising genetic gain through family and site selection, low-input silviculture and management of southern pine natural regeneration on low quality sites. Contact: Steve Husband on (07) 5488 2127 or 0407 159 874.
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1: Building with timber, managing fi re risk industry networking breakfast. 7.30-9.30 am Bruce County, 445 Blackburn Road, Mount Waverley. Speakers: Mark Grouis, Carter Holt Harvey; Boris Iskra, FWPA and Wood Products Victoria; and Nick Vlahandreas, Alpine Shire Council. Contact: Ingrida Matulis, Timber Merchants Association. Tel: (03) 9875 5000. Fax: (03) 9877 6663. www.timber.asn.au
8: 50th Anniversary of the tasmanian Forest Contractors Association. Country Club Casino, Country Club Avenue, Prospect. 6.30pm till late. Cost: $900 per table or $100 p.p. The TFCA is one of the oldest employer organisations that represent primary industries in Australia. Presentations from industry leaders throughout the evening
will take us back through the many achievements of the TFCA over the last half a century. Numbers limited – bookings essential. RSVP to Denise DeBattista on (03) 6343 3398 or [email protected]
23: tABMA Queensland timber industry gala dinner. Moda Events Portside Level 2, Portside Wharf Hamilton. Contact Alicia on (07)
3254 3166 or [email protected]
26-27: Foresttech 2013 (including the forest industry safety summit and steep slope wood harvesting conference – Rotorua, NZ. www.foresttech2013.com
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17-21: Gottstein wood science Course, Melbourne. Inquiries to Dr Silvia Pongracic (Gottstein Trust), 0418 764 954 or [email protected] or www.gottsteintrust.org
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19: Forestwood 2014. Politics, Policies and Business impacts. Pan-industry conference jointly hosted by Forest OwnersAssociation, Wood Processors Association, Pine Manufacturers Association, Forest Industry Contractors Association, and supported by Woodco, NZ Farm Forestry Association and the Frame and Truss Manufacturers Association. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington. Registration opens October 2013. Contact conference organisers Paardekooper and Associates on +64 4 562 8259 or email [email protected] Visit www.forestwood.org.nz
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Mr Hyne, who died in 1985 aged 82, developed the business to the point where it had operating mills at Innisfail, Dingo, Gladstone, Mundubbera, Melawondi, Chinchilla (hardwood and cypress), and Maryborough; joint venture mills at Boondoola, Biggenden, Gayndah and Hervey Bay; and yards and roof truss plants at Townsville, Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Brisbane.Hyne’s significant interests in the Australian timber industry were driven by major developments such as the acquisition of ACI’s sawmilling operations in the Mary Valley in 1996 (then integrated with the existing Hyne Melawondi operation).Hyne chief executive Jon Kleinschmidt said all of about 100 Mary Valley timber workers would be transferred to Superior Wood, with all positions, conditions and entitlements maintained as a condition of the sale.“This amalgamation of the Mary Valley operations with Superior Wood’s value adding and marketing expertise is necessary for the growth and prosperity of the industry as a whole,” Mr Kleinschmidt said.“Hyne will now focus on its core businesses of structural softwood timber production and distribution, continuing to thrive
for the benefit of customers, staff, shareholders and the communities in which they work.”Hyne chairman Martin Kriewaldt said the focus on core business had been made necessary by changing business conditions.“The Australian timber industry has been adversely affected by a number of external forces including a downturn in construction activity, high exchange rates and strong import competition; Hyne has not been immune from these pressures,” Mr Kriewaldt said.“A number of hard decisions have been taken by the company in recent years. To stay efficient and competitive we need to concentrate on our strengths, and that’s what we’re
doing.”Hyne family member Chris Hyne said the decision to sell the Mary Valley business was hard to reach.“Hyne has invested heavily in the development and production of araucaria as a plantation species and high quality timber, particularly in the Mary Valley,” Mr Hyne said.“Since 1882, Hyne has been instrumental in the development of the Queensland timber industry and has a long history of involvement in araucaria.“We will continue to strive to be the supply partner of first choice for our customers.”Timber Queensland CEO Rod McInnes said the sale would contribute to allowing on-going supply of the hoop pine
resource to the industry.
“The changes in the Mary Valley operations are good in that the transfer is to a family business with a long history in sawmilling in Queensland,” he said.
“Finlayson’s has contributed a lot to the industry over the years and has an acute knowledge of the hoop pine resource and processing through its long involvement in the Yarraman mill.”
Finlayson’s Timber and Hardware, a family business established in 1875, is one of Queensland’s first sawmilling operations. A truly vertically integrated company, it handles products from plantation forest resource, through all the processing and manufacturing, right through to final distribution.
All the company’s araucaria (hoop pine) products are sourced from Australian Forestry Standard certified forests and it has achieved chain of custody certification.
Company patriarch Mal Finlayson, now retired, remains chairman of the board. His sons are now driving the business – Skene is managing director and a former chairman of Timber Queensland; Michael is primarily involved in effective product distribution channels, sales and marketing.
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Hyne has long history in araucaria
Beginnings .. Lambert Hyne (centre) with then Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen at the official opening of Hyne’s Melawondi mill in September 1976. Pictured also are Lambert’s sons Warren, Chris and Richard Hyne. - Picture courtesy of Charles Achilles, who attended the ceremony.
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LOGGING doesn’t increase the intensity or risk of bushfires in eucalypt forests, according to a research report from the University of Melbourne.The researchers collaborated with scientists at government-owned timber agency VicForests to study areas of mountain ash forest in Victoria.Professor and principal fellow in botany at the university Peter Attiwell, a lead author of the report – Timber harvesting does not increase fire risk and severity in wet eucalypt forests of southern Australia – says there has been little research so far into the area.He said the one paper published on the subject by the Department of Sustainability and Environment in 2002 was flawed.“That study was confounded by the fact that it wasn’t just time since logging that was a variable, it was the position of the forests so that the older forests were in drier areas whereas the younger forests were in wetter areas,” he said.“Really it’s a myth that’s been perpetrated that logging somehow makes vegetation more fire prone.”Some of the areas that weren’t burn in the 2002, 2003 and 2009 bushfires were forests that had regenerated after timber harvesting, Prof. Attiwell says.He says logging and subsequent burning of debris, mimics the effect on the environment of a naturally occurring bushfire.As part of the study, researchers measured the intensity of wildfire by way of aerial surveys and ground truthing. The intensity was measured by the amount of damage to the ground.Researchers hope the study will better inform fire management in Victoria.“We’re managers of the forests; we can’t simply leave forests to their own devices. We should be concentrating more on fuel reduction burning to protect
these forests not on worrying about logging,” Prof. Attiwell said.Environmental groups disagree with the findings of the research.Jill Redwood from the lobby group Environment East Gippsland says there is a conflict of interest in the study because three of its authors are from logging agencies.Ms Redwood says there is no statistical evidence used in the study and it is based on anecdotal evidence. – ABC Gippsland.
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NEW legislation for the management of public forests in line with the new strategic direction of Forestry Tasmania has been passed by state parliament.Forestry Tasmania’s timber production operations will be separated from responsibility for formal reserve management, which will be transferred to the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment.This will enable FT to focus on its commercial activities and strengthen the long-term sustainability of the business. It remains a government business enterprise and the land it manages will be known legally as ‘permanent timber production zone land’ rather than state forest.The Forest Management Bill 2013 passed by the House of
Assembly will – providing it is supported in the Upper House – replace the Forestry Act which has directed the management of public forests since 1920.
Meanwhile, conservationists Graeme Wood and Jan Cameron have ended hopes of reopening a Tasmanian woodchip mill they bought two years ago and
will instead call for interest in developing the site for tourism.
According to The Australian, the two millionaires have begun rehabilitating the mill site at Triabunna on the state’s east coast and will call for expressions of interest in developing it as a marina and tourist precinct.
Tasmania’s struggling timber industry had hoped the mill, sold to Wood and Cameron by Gunns for $10 million in 2011, would be reopened, at least temporarily, as an export woodchip facility. The Liberal state opposition suggests they had never really intended to reopen the mill and that the Labor minority government had been “played for fools”. “Reopening Triabunna was a key plank of the forest (peace) deal,” opposition Treasury spokesman Peter Gutwein said. “The Greens and environmental groups have played Labor for fools.” The Tasmanian Forest Agreement signed between conservation and timber groups last year included a clause urging state and federal government to help reopen the mill.
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specialist timberunits at utAs nowinvited nationwideTHE University of Tasmania’s Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood is now offering specialist units in timber in building and design to students from universities around Australia.The units are fully flexibly-delivered online and available through cross-institutional enrolment.“Students are increasingly interested in using timber in building and other areas of design,” the centre’s director associate Professor Gregory Nolan said.“Until now, they had limited opportunities to specialise and learn more about the benefits of timber and wood in the built environment, but our specialist timber in building and design units now provide that opportunity.“Through flexible delivery and cross-institutional enrolment, they can enrol in the UTAS units as electives and gain credit for them within their current course.“Because they are online units, they are available to students all over Australia and they will also interest students from very different backgrounds, such as architecture, engineering, forestry and teaching.”The available units cover:• Timber, Its Origin and Characteristics – an excellent introduction to the uses of timber, wood science and properties, and broader sustainability issues.• Timber in Building
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WOOD’S beauty, sustainability and environmental qualities were at the core of projects entered in the recent Australian Timber Design Awards as architects and specifiers again emerged as the drivers of new growth in the market for timber.“Wood is one of those sustainable products we try to work into everything and it’s a real pleasure when you can use it on a big scale,” remarked architect Nicholas Cini who was judged the event’s Rising Star award-winner among up and coming designers.“For the architect, concern for aesthetics and structural qualities must be paralleled, if not trumped by environmental considerations,” Mr Cini said. “Now, and in the future, architects must specify materials based not only on the appearance, applications and durability but on their low carbon credentials.“You’d be crazy not to demand certified timber and promote it to the mainstream housing and construction industries.”He said these sustainability standards meant that the time was right for timber to take centre stage .. “as it did so well at the design awards, a structure that works well and presents a fine mix of categories.”Mr Cini was project manager for dwp/suters architects on the Bentleigh Secondary College Meditation and Indigenous Cultural Centre in southeast Melbourne which won the coveted People’s Choice Award.“The college set a goal – to become an example of best practice in sustainability and sustainability education,” Mr Cini said. “It was named most sustainable educational institution at the International
Green Awards in London.Megan Carroll of DP Toscano Architects in Melbourne was another enthusiastic young architect who echoed the thoughts of timber designers at the awards night. They want good and healthy trees grown in accordance with sound, sustainable principles; they
want know where the wood is sourced, where the forests are and what are their credentials to meet Australian certification standards and building codes.Brisbane home designer and renovator Jan Tierney compared the process of producing beautiful planks to gourmet cooking: the best
ingredients, the best recipes, the best craftsmanship and the highest possible degree of commitment.
“The tree has to be cut up and processed in the best conceivable manner. That takes time, and the premise is the same as in cooking: the raw ingredients have to be handled right to preserve their unique qualities. That requires a high degree of commitment on every level.”
Ms Tierney added: “We know that the big, older trees are only felled to make room for new growth and to ensure a sustainable future for the forest. That’s the way it has been done for centuries, and that’s the way it’s still done today.”
Sponsors of the awards were WoodSolutions (major partner); Boral Timber (gold); Hurford Hardwood, Intergrain and Tilling (silver); and Australian Forest Standard, Briggs Veneer, ITI Design Pine, Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia, Hyne, Kennedy’s Classic Aged Timbers, Victorian Association of Forest Industries, NSW Forest Products Association, Timber Veneers Association of Australia, Window and Door Industry Council, and Weathertex (bronze).
Judges this year were Richard Brisland, who has worked as a consulting architect in the UK, the Middle East and Australia, Richard Hough, principal and structural engineer with Arup, Paul Haar, architect and winner of the 2012 overall Timber Design Award, and Kate St James, interior designer and managing editor of Home Design and Living magazine.
2013 AustrALiAn tiMBer desiGn AwArds
Architects drive sustainabilitymessage for timber buildings
Awards a ‘gourmet mix’ of wood’s best credentials
‘these sustainability standards mean that the time is right for timber to take centre stage’
– nicholas Cini
Sustainability award winner .. the $20 million Melton Library in Melbourne by architects Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp.
Melbourne architect Michael Ellis (right) catches up with Julie Payne and Robert Morris-Nunn of Morris-Nunn Architects, Hobart, at the Australian Timber Design Awards dinner and award presentations in Melbourne.
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Coveted trophy tells the plywood storyA NATIONAL trophy for excellence in design using plywood and laminated veneer lumber captured the imagination of architects and specifiers at the recent Australian Timber Design Awards in Melbourne.“This is a great honour and I am pleased to be recognised among the plaques on the trophy that list architects who have won the award over the years,” said Fremantle, WA, designer Andrea Quagliola of MORQ Architecture who won the trophy presented by the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia.EWPAA general manager Simon Dorries said the perpetual Geoffrey Sanderson Trophy recognised the service given to the industry by “a true entrepreneur and a real innovator” who was president of the Plywood Association of Australasia (PAA) in 1988-89
and 1998-2003.Master wood craftsman Robert Dunlop was commissioned to create the $2500 trophy; his work reflects evey aspect of the beauty, strength and versatility
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The dramatic globe piece of the trophy, resting on an LVL base, has a length of 6 mm laminated veneer running right through it to highlight what can be achieved with plywood laminates.
Plaques on the trophy announce the winners since the award was first presented in 2007: MORQ, Fremantle (2013), Paul Haar, Thornbury, Vic (2012), Morrison Breytenbach Architects, Hobart (2011), Bates Smart Architects, Sydney (2010), Vos Construction and Joinery, Hobart (2009), Birrelli Architects, Launceston (2008), Wright Feldhusen Architects, Subiaco, WA (2007).
Coveted award .. Michael Murphy, Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts, Melbourne (right) presents the popular EWPAA Geoffrey Sanderson Trophy for excellence in design using LVL, plywood and wood panels to Andrea Quagliola of MORQ Architects, Fremantle, for the Karri Loop House at Margaret River, WA.
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A FIRE-resisting laminated veneer lumber for use in bushfire prone areas is an innovative development resulting from a Gottstein Fellowship study by Paul Kremer, marketing and sustainability manager at Tilling in Melbourne.Since the extensive 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria that claimed many lives, the Building Code of Australia and Australian standards have been revised to ensure that timber used in construction in bushfire prone areas is compliant.With these revisions it has been very difficult for timber producers and the entire supply chain to move forward in building in these bushfire-prone communities.“Timber is such a wonderful structural product and I believe it should be used as widely as possible in building systems across the board,” Paul Kremer said.“With considerable mis-understanding of how timber may be used in a ‘bushfire attack level’ (BAL) area, and some misrepresentation occurring, I felt I could assist through my Gottstein study.”Mr Kremer visited leading laboratories and met with experts from around the world to test the efficacy of a
fire retardant chemical that is pressure impregnated into LVL. A new pressure-treated fire resisting laminated veneer lumber launched on the Australian market last year was a direct result of the Gottstein-funded work undertaken by Mr Kremer.More recently, Mr Kremer has developed fire resistant western red cedar exterior cladding and LVL for use in external applications. Both are about to be launched on the Australian market.Further information is available from Syliva Pongracic, secretary, J. W. Gottstein Memorial Trust, on (03) 9545 2209
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Fire-resistant LVLprocess developedin Gottstein study
Paul Kremer .. Gottstein research on fire-resistant LVL.
Gay may face further chargesFORMER chief of the failed Tasmanian timber company Gunns may be forced to repay the profits of his insider trading, a prospect that has been welcomed by investors.John Gay, 70, was convicted in August of one count of insider trading in 2009, while he was the executive chairman of Gunns.He was fined $50,000 for selling 3.4 million shares with
knowledge of the company’s finances that was not publicly available. The Supreme Court heard Mr Gay was $800,000 better off by selling shares when he did.Following his sentence, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission said it was up to other commonwealth agencies whether Mr Gay would repay the money he made from the share sale.
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INDONESIA has moved a step closer to becoming one of the first suppliers of timber licensed as legal under the EU Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade Action Plan.This will satisfy the requirements of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) without additional due diligence risk assessment.This is good news for Australian traders importing timber from Indonesia; it gives an extra layer of assurance that the timber has been legally harvested.Indonesia’s Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan and EU Environment Commissioner Janez Potonik signed the FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) in Brussels early this month.This marks the culmination of six years’ work from the start of VPA negotiations to establish a watertight forestry and timber legality assurance framework that meets the parameters of the EU anti-illegal timber FLEGT initiative.Central to the process has been the establishment of Indonesia’s definition of illegal timber. It has also had to set up a legality assurance system (LAS), and associated licensing, auditing and monitoring mechanisms and organisations, with the input of as wide a range of stakeholders as possible.So far 19 million ha of Indonesia’s production forests and more than 700 timber processing companies have been audited under its LAS – named its SVLK system. The latter has issued documentation for 53,000 timber consignments, a total of 5.4 million cub m. It has also run trial timber shipments to the EU under its associated V-Legal licensing operation, effectively a test-bed for the systems for ultimately issuing, and auditing
FLEGT licences.
Now Indonesia and the EU have to ratify the VPA, which covers a specific list of named timber and wood products, into their respective laws. Both must then be finally assured that the LAS is up to the task, before the listed goods can enter the EU as FLEGT-licensed and, subsequently, automatically legal under the EUTR.“The system must be based on transparency, participation and include robust standards and firm enforcement,” says Mardi Minangsari who worked on the LAS with Indonesian NGO Telapak.No definitive deadlines have
been set, but the hope is that
Indonesia will start issuing FLEGT licenses in 2014.“We look forward to the day when those ships bringing the first licensed products arrive in the EU,” deputy head of the EU delegation to Indonesia Colin Crooks said.“Signing the VPA is an important step towards that goal.”European Timber Trade Federation secretary-general André de Boer said Indonesia had travelled a long road to reach this point.“The VPA process itself has already been instrumental in improving forestry practice and
this will hopefully be a step towards implementing certified sustainable management, and not just in Indonesia, but other countries engaged in the VPA initiative,” Mr de Boer said.
ETTF members also looked forward to the next stage – the delivery of Indonesian FLEGT-licensed timber.
“That is of utmost importance to importers, given that it will provide them with a supply of timber considered legal under the EUTR without further due diligence,” Mr de Boer added.
Fourteen other countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America are developing EU VPAs and 10 more are in initial exploratory talks. Ghana also hopes to deliver FLEGT licensed timber next year.
The agreement will have a positive impact on Indonesia’s forest governance; it will contribute to sustainability of forests, prevent corruption and improve transparency.
The forestry ministry has developed an online information system connected to the Trade Ministry and the Customs Department as part of the country’s timber legality system.
Indonesia is home to about one-third of the world’s remaining tropical forests where endangered species such as the orangutan and Sumatran tiger live.
It is one of the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gasses largely because of the rapid destruction of its forests. It aims to reduce the emissions by at least 26%.
indonesia, eu trade agreementbig step in illegal wood barrier
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Extra layer of assurance for timber importers
‘the system must be based on transparency, participation and include robust standards
and firm enforcement’
Assurance .. a watertight forestry and timber legality assurance framework moves against illegal logging in Indonesia.
Zulkifli Hasan Janez PotonikAndré de Boer
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Loggo products have undergone comprehensive testing at the engineering faculty of the University of Technology Sydney.
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ThIs engineered product is manufactured from small diameter treated true round plantation logs that would normally be chipped or destroyed. Resource cost is minimal.The production system is low capital cost and can be set up in a minimum of time and at a minimum of cost. Compared with current systems such as LVL, sawn timber etc. this product has unrivalled versatility, fire resistance, projected longevity and sustainability.This product has the ability to lower the costs of floor and wall framing in mod-ern homes, as well as being ideal for low-cost housing The entire buildings can be erected on site using unskilled labour.The product has undergone comprehensive testing at the engineering faculty of the University of Technology Sydney under the guidance of internationally renowned timber engineer Prof. Keith Crews.
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Industry thinkers join ForestWood 2014 in NZTHE combined forestry and wood products industry is coming together in March next year for ForestWood 2014 – the ‘Green Green Growth of Home’.ForestWood 2014 will be held in the NZ election year and presents a unique opportunity to hear the views of the main political parties on how they expect to infl uence New Zealand’s forest growing and wood processing/manufacturing business in pursuit of increased economic growth.The event will be staged at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, on Wednesday, March 19.Politicians, industry leaders and political analysts will elaborate on what they plan to do to make the New Zealand forest and wood industry more successful in a highly competitive international marketplace.
World demand for wood fi bre is expanding. How the sector responds to this demand will be shaped to a large extent by government policies. Let’s fi nd out if the future government has the right agenda when it comes to forest and wood industry growth.
At the fi nal session of ForestWood, leading industry
thinkers will present their views on international and domestic market opportunities.The conference program will be announced in mid-October in conjunction with the opening of registrations.This is the third time that the four organisations – the Forest Owners Association, Wood Processors Association, Pine
Manufacturers Association and the Forest Industry Contractors Association – have held a joint conference which builds on the successes of previous individual and combined industry events and conferences which have attracted world class speakers and presenters.
ForestWood 2014 is a great opportunity for organisations and individuals with a keen interest in forestry to engage with decision-makers and professional specialists from the forestry industry.
Sponsorship for the conference is still available. Visit the website for full details of sponsorship options or contact the conference organisers Paardekooper and Associates on +64 4 562 8259 or email [email protected]
Web: ww.forestwood.org.nz
Museum of New Zealand in Wellington .. venue for ForestWood 2014.
speech’ yet secondary boycott restrictions apply to ordinary Australians, small or large businesses, unions fi ghting for workers rights and every-day
businesses trying to employ people and create economic wealth,” the group’s president George Harris said.“The removal of this exemption from the law will not stop Greens briefi ng customers
but will stop the blackmailing of retailers selling sustainably harvested Tasmanian timber.”Mr Harris recalled that Peg Putt as leader of the Greens went to Japan in 2007 to urge a boycott on Tasmanian woodchip
customers, destroying thousands of local jobs.“In 2010 she was there again to destroy jobs by lobbying Ta Ann Tasmania customers, causing a loss of 40% of its work force within six months of her visit.”
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Forest industry must ‘re-innovate’in the long-term for survival in sAUsing the trees beyond just building housesSTAGE 2 of a SA government report looking into forest industries says producers need to look at the long-term to stay relevant.The Cellulose Fibre Chain Study has been exploring what can be done with trees beyond just using them to build houses or make paper.“We were trying to maximise the use of the resource so that we use almost as much of the tree as we possibly could,” SA Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation Tom Kenyon told the ABC.“The more we use the resource, the better,” he said.The Cellulose Fibre Chain Study involved the VVT Technical Research Centre in Finland, a Finnish equivalent of the CSIRO, and cost the SA government $830,000 with a further $250,000 from the federal government.“Money well spent,” says Mr Kenyon.“The southeast is one of the most critically important parts of the state; it’s one of the major economic drivers, and they key to that of course is forestry.“I’d much rather make best use of our resource and build on the forest industry and make it bigger and bigger and more important.” Mr Kenyon said the first
stage of the study looked at the state of the forest industry in South Australia as it was now, indentifying strengths and weaknesses and changes in the marketplace for timber products. Stage 2 is looking at the long-term future of timber industries, giving some recommendations to industry on where they may want to look for development to stay relevant in an ever-changing global market.Chair of the implementation steering committee Professor Goran Roos says if industry
players aren’t sure about whether they should pay attention or not, they just need to look at what has happened in other areas of the world that have and haven’t looked at changing and developing their timber industries.“In areas that haven’t done this .. there has been a decline in the industry,” he says.For example, in the US, where little research or innovation has happened in the forest industry area in recent years, timber industries are experiencing a downturn in demand and the
businesses are closing, while in Finland, where there’s a culture of innovation and research in the industry, business is still strong.But it can’t be government that leads the timber industry out of the doldrums. They have to do that themselves.“It has to be industry-led, so companies have to come together, they have to realise that the competitor is not the guys over the road, the competitor is the guy that sits in China or in Finland or somewhere else in the world,” Mr Roos said.He says the next thing that needs to happen is for those in the forest industries to have a good read through the report and see what they can take on board in their business to make sure they move forward and keep up with world markets.Prof. Roos is a highly respected adviser to many government bodies in Europe and Australia on issues relating to strategy, research and development, national and regional systems issues, knowledge management and intellectual capital.He has worked as a consultant in most OECD countries and has served in management positions in several European and US-based corporations.
Tom Kenyon .. the more we use the forest resource, the better.
Goran Roos .. companies have to come together on innovation.
‘i’d much rather make best use of our resource and build on the forest industry and make it bigger and bigger and more
important’ – tom Kenyon
Builders positive despite fall in approvalsMASTER Builders Australia remains positive about a budding recovery despite a 4.7% fall in building approvals, seasonally adjusted, for August after a rise of 10.2% in the previous month.“The monthly volatility masks a positive but weakening trend, highlighting the frustratingly
weak housing recovery,” Master Builders chief economist Peter Jones said.“But despite the slow response of home-buyers to low rates, we are hopeful the stimulatory effect on residential building and the confidence of home-buyers will strengthen in coming months,” Mr Jones
said.“A strong building revival is critical, not only for the successful rebalancing and restructuring the economy post the resources boom, but also in addressing the nation’s housing shortfall after nearly a decade of underbuilding.“But the Reserve must look to
the option of further monetary easing if the insipid residential building recovery fails to take off.”The figures for August released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show total number of dwellings fell by 4.7%, seasonally adjusted, private sector.
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THE ForestTECH 2013 event in New Zealand next month is shaping up as a ‘biggie’ with forestry industry delegates from both sides of the Tasman heading for Rotorua.This will be a ‘fi rst’ for the region and includes two major forestry events on November 26 and 27 at just one location – a forest industry safety summit and a steep slope wood harvesting conference.A large contingent of Australian forestry contractors will be part of a wider tour group being organised by the Australian Forest Contractors Association. Harvest planners, suppliers and contractors from South America will be visiting and meetings and site visits have already been set up by key suppliers to the wood harvesting industry.
AB Equipment and Tigercat are running a fi eld trip on Thursday, November 28 with visits planned to view logging operations running Tigercat LH855C harvesters set up with felling heads working in steeper
terrain.
It’s going to be a full house. Programs for all events are on the website www.foresttech2013.com
International presenters at
ForestTECH 2013 include: Reynold Hert, chairman, BC Forestry Safety Council, Canada; Enda Keane, CEO, TreeMetrics, Ireland; Rich Wininger, VP Western & Canadian Timberlands, Weyerhaeuser, USA; Don Banasky, president, Falltech Logging & Truck Loggers Association, Canada; Doug Mays, director of Operations Western Timberlands, Weyerhaeuser, USA; Rodrigo Palazuelos, harvesting manager, Forestal Mininco SA, Chile; Norbert Schalkx, area director Asia-Pacifi c, Africa & Baltic countries, Ponsse Oyj, Finland; Ken MacDonald, chairman and CEO, Tigercat Industries, Canada; and Gary Olsen, international sales manager, Tigercat Industries, Canada.
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safety and steep slope harvestexperts converge on nZ events
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DEEP in China’s Beijing suburb of Shunyi is a tiny boutique hotel with a pedigreed collection that many museums would die for. Yet, it is an establishment that actually has an extremely select client list – those who really appreciate antiques.Guests at Lv Garden dine on red sandalwood tables intricately inlaid with mother-of-pearl, or sleep in antique alcove beds framed by rosewood carvings. They may lounge on rare antique sets of ebony viceroy chairs, or relax on a single deer-horn chair, previously reserved only for the highest Manchu nobility.The best way to appreciate antique furniture is tactile; you have to look at the lustrous patina that can only come with age, admire the grains of wood solidly fused, and appreciate the workmanship that craftsmen of the past invested into each and every piece.Lv Garden is more than a top-class retreat for those who do not have to ask the price. It is a place where guests can experience history and art from the past, from the glory days when a master carpenter thought nothing of spending years on crafting the perfect chair, table or cabinet.The 38-room hotel is founded on the precious personal collection of a well-known Chinese author, playwright and screenwriter who is also an experienced hotelier. Lv Garden was actually his home before it was converted into this exclusive retreat that is defined as an ‘art gallery with rooms’.It is home to nearly 100 pieces of Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) zitan (red sandalwood) furniture and countless rare stones, calligraphy and paintings from the past 400 years. But
the pride of place belongs to about 500 pieces of rare huanghuali (fragrant rosewood) furniture from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), displayed in the numerous rooms hidden in individual enclaves very much like the classic courtyards of the Forbidden City’s old aristocracy.
The legendary huanghuali wood, gold outside and
reddish-brown at its heart, has been treasured as far back as the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) and was mainly found in Hainan and Guangdong provinces and in areas neighbouring today’s Vietnam.
The trees grow so slowly that it usually takes hundreds of years for them to be usable as furniture and really large timber may be thousands of years old.
After the mid-Ming Dynasty, a thriving economy brought about a flurry of mansion building among the upper class, and the demand for fine furniture peaked. By the time of the late Qing Dynasty, fragrant rosewood in China was almost extinct.Its rarity increased the value of this faintly scented wood, but it was also the impeccable craftsmanship of that era that made this style of furniture so valuable.Wang Shixiang, a revered connoisseur of Chinese art, had always hoped to have a museum built in the architectural style of the Ming and Qing dynasties to display the furniture of that period. He wanted to create an experiential museum for visitors to observe traditional Chinese ethics and dignity.Lv Garden aims to become just that, where guests can literally travel back in time to an ambiance of grace and beauty.Its quadrangle courtyards are built in the northern and imperial styles, as opposed to the landscaped miniatures of the Suzhou gardens. Walls are painted in red, buildings observe a strict symmetry and beams and pillars are intricately carved and lacquered.Quiet ponds are embellished with complex nine-turn bridges and gilt-topped pavilions. Every latticed window is a picture frame showing off a natural scene that ensures ‘a new view at each different step’.Each guest room enjoys a certain level of solitude with views blocked by rockery and screens of bamboo plants, or a subtle change of level up and down stairs.– China Daily.
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Beijing hotel ‘living museum’ ofcenturies-old solidly-fused woodRare fragrant rosewood takes pride of place
the legendary huanghuali wood, gold outside and reddish-brown at its heart, has
been treasured as far back as the tang dynasty (Ad 618-907)
Lv Garden is more than a top-class retreat .. guests can literally travel back in time to an age of grace and beauty.
Hotel home to nearly 100 pieces of Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) zitan (red sandalwood) furniture and countless rare stones, calligraphy and paintings from the past 400 years.
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